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Marc-David Munk is a Canadian/American emergency physician and healthcare executive. Over the past decade, he has held leadership roles at various nontraditional healthcare delivery organizations in the US and abroad. Munk grew up in Switzerland and Canada. He graduated from Colgate University with a BA in philosophy and religion and completed an MPH in international health from Boston University. After graduating from Philadelphia's Jefferson Medical College, he did residency training in emergency medicine, completed a clinical fellowship in international health at the University of Pittsburgh, and then completed a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at Peru's Gorgas Program. He also holds a master's degree in health care management from Harvard University. Munk lives outside Boston with his wife and his two children. Urgent Calls from Distant Places is his first book.
"""An enthralling portrait of high-wire emergency care performed under the most trying circumstances."" ""Our Verdict: Get It!"" Kirkus Reviews ""an absolute home run. One of the best books I have read by a physician writer ever...Wow...just pure wowness."" Dr. Louis Profeta: author of bestselling The Patient in Room Nine Says He's God. ""Marc-David Munk brings the East African Flying Doctors to life in his thrilling and insightful memoir, Urgent Calls from Distant Places. An outstanding read! I highly recommend."" Dr. Jay Wellons: author of All That Moves Us (voted one of the best books of 2022 by The New Yorker and Publishers Weekly.) ""a deeply-felt and utterly accurate critique of the cruel moral failings of American healthcare as well. Munk is seeking the essential in medicine regardless of where one is in the world, and approaches his story with humility, a synthetic intelligence, wisdom, and an ultimately affirming reverence."" Dr. Frank Huyler: author of The Blood of Strangers, and White Hot Light ""[Munk's] stories of working with the AMREF East African Flying Doctors Service take the reader into a world filled with interesting characters and fascinating medical cases... discussed in a candid and empathetic way... I hope readers will take the time to delve into this excellent story of humanitarian adventure, expertly told by someone who lived it. They won't be disappointed."" Dr. Gregory H. Bledsoe, chief editor of Expedition & Wilderness Medicine ""....Munk is able to engage diverse individuals from around the world in a sophisticated fashion. Only a handful of physicians have the combination of knowledge, skills, and attitude to take on this kind of unique work and to craft the many wondrous stories in Urgent Calls. A fabulous read."" Dr. Walt Stoy. Professor Emeritus ""....a brilliant record....The reader is entranced by a world engulfed in poverty, corruption, cruelty, war, coups, injury, and disease. In this complicated melting pot, the altruistic human spirit exemplified by Munk somehow thrives.... The writing style and humanity and sensitivities of the author lead to an unforgettable read. Paul M Paris MD, LLD(Hon): Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh ""A moving portrait of the forces that shape health in East Africa and of the people committed to making a difference in a dynamic, changing region...."" Dr. Sandro Galea, Dean at Boston University School of Public Health"
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